Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] cat/pkg::x-portage ?

[Mike Frysinger]

On 24 Nov 2015 15:41, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> Emerging on my embedded gentoo ppc target I see this:
>   ....
>   dev-lang/python-exec-2.0.1-r1::x-portage
>   sys-apps/install-xattr-0.5::x-portage
>   sys-libs/timezone-data-2015f::x-portage
>
> Where does the name x-portage come from? I do not have a repo
> named x-portage, it is still named gentoo.

it has no name so one is auto-created using the path.
pym/portage/repository/config.py:
    @staticmethod
    def _read_valid_repo_name(repo_path):
        name, missing = RepoConfig._read_repo_name(repo_path)
        # We must ensure that the name conforms to PMS 3.1.5
        # in order to avoid InvalidAtom exceptions when we
        # use it to generate atoms. 
        name = _gen_valid_repo(name)
        if not name:
            # name only contains invalid characters
            name = "x-" + os.path.basename(repo_path) 
            name = _gen_valid_repo(name)
            # If basename only contains whitespace then the
            # end result is name = 'x-'.
        return name, missing

    @staticmethod
    def _read_repo_name(repo_path):
        """
        Read repo_name from repo_path.
        Returns repo_name, missing.
        """
        repo_name_path = os.path.join(repo_path, REPO_NAME_LOC)
        f = None
        try:
            f = io.open(
                _unicode_encode(repo_name_path,
                encoding=_encodings['fs'], errors='strict'),
                mode='r', encoding=_encodings['repo.content'],
                errors='replace')
            return f.readline().strip(), False
        except EnvironmentError:
            return "x-" + os.path.basename(repo_path), True
        finally:
            if f is not None:
                f.close()
-mike